Two extra males have been arrested over the loss of life of paedophile Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins.
Watkins, 48, was serving a 29-year jail time period for a number of sexual offences, together with severe crimes towards younger kids and infants at HMP Wakefield, in West Yorkshire.
He was attacked in jail with a knife earlier this month, sources confirmed.
The 2 males, aged 23 and 39, have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to homicide and are in police custody.
Detective Chief Inspector James Entwistle of the Murder and Main Enquiry Group stated: “Intensive enquiries stay ongoing in relation to the homicide of Ian Watkins and these arrests type a part of that.
“Ian Watkins’ family are being updated as the investigation progresses. However, we do not anticipate any immediate developments at this stage.”
Final week, Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, had been charged with homicide in relation to the incident.
No bail purposes had been made at Leeds Crown Courtroom, and each males had been remanded in custody till their subsequent look for a plea and trial preparation listening to on 12 November.
Decide Man Kearl, the Recorder of Leeds, set a provisional date of 5 Could for the trial, which is anticipated to take two to a few weeks.
Watkins was jailed for 29 years in December 2013 with an extra six years on licence after admitting a string of intercourse offences.
The singer was arrested following the execution of a medication warrant at his Pontypridd residence in September 2012 when numerous computer systems, cell phones and storage gadgets had been seized.
Evaluation of the tools uncovered his wicked behaviour.
Watkins was beforehand taken to hospital after being attacked in 2023. On the time, police stated his accidents weren’t believed to be life-threatening.
In 2019, he was jailed for 10 months on high of the sentence he was serving for baby intercourse offences after he was discovered responsible of possessing a cell phone in jail.
Watkins claimed two inmates compelled him to carry on to the cellphone so they may contact girls who despatched him fan mail with a view to use them as a “revenue stream”.
In 2014, Watkins was instructed he couldn’t enchantment towards the size of his sentence.
